In the UK, more than 1,900 flights were canceled in two days due to a malfunction.

A malfunction in the UK's air traffic control system led to the cancellation of more than 1,900 flights in the country in two days. This was reported on September 9 by The Guardian, citing data from Cirium, an aviation information analysis company.

"By 5 a.m. today [September 9], a total of more than 1,900 flights had been canceled since yesterday's system error at the National Air Traffic Control Service," the material says.

Despite the fact that the technical problem has been resolved, the flight chaos continues for the second day. Also, some flights were delayed, which affected the travel of tens of thousands of passengers.

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The BBC Broadcasting Corporation reported on September 8 that a technical malfunction in the UK's air traffic control system had led to the cancellation of at least 625 flights to and from the country. The most serious disruptions affected Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports. In particular, easyJet cancelled about 200 flights, British Airways — more than 100.